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Andra Borcescu

18.05.2023

14:55

Andra Borcescu

Hi,

Is there the ability to run actions in the background without being forced to wait for them to finish in the loading screen?
I have created an automation which invokes a SOAP service and it takes some time (20 seconds). This thing must be disturbing for the user.

As i see, actions are executed synchronously, meaning the user interface waits for the action to complete before allowing further interactions.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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18.05.2023

21:17

Hi Andra,

for your case I have no useful alternative.
In other cases I used dedicated steps with a timeout set to one minute / immediate, when it works. The timeout will use a path, which in turn leads to the next step or to a flow control which would move the workflow back to the step.
This may also come in handy if the execution time of the actions are to long for a single path.
This ist more or less something for "fire and forgett" kind of actions or when it can take really a long time. Which is not the case for 20 seconds.

Best regards,
Daniel

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